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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: arm for the entire product line |
| Date | 2016-11-07 05:32 +0000 |
| Organization | People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates |
| Message-ID | <e8ai00Foff0U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On 2016-11-07, David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2016-11-06, David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
>> > JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah...
>> >
>> > To clarify for those unable to read the fiery letters, that's the
>> > software development kits for tvOS, iOS ("iPhoneOS") and watchOS, the
>> > simulators for each of those platforms, plus the macOS SDK, and the
>> > macOS Kernel SDK.
>> >
>> > All of them have exactly the same content in their machine.h files.
>>
>> Is this really big news to anyone at all?
>
> It shouldn't be, for anyone capable of reading source files or who
> understands the concept of cross-platform software development with a
> common core of code.
>
>> It's hard to believe there is anyone here who isn't aware of how this
>> stuff works. The concept of reusable code isn't exactly hard to grasp.
>
> Not everyone reading these groups is a programmer, but I'm baffled how
> someone like Alan Browne who claims to be a programmer could keep making
> such a silly argument about Sierra supporting ARM when it is easy to
> find evidence of it being a small addition to a cross-platform file.
> Others then take that misinformation and run with it.
>
> Hence my posting of technical details rather than just arguing, which as
> usual seems to be going around in circles.
Thanks. You've got more patience than me.
>> Then again, this is JF Mezei...
>
> JF Mezei was at least heading in the right direction, but from a
> position of speculation rather than looking for actual evidence.
It's seemingly done from a position of fear that Apple will move the Mac
platform to ARM-based designs in a way that hurts customers. Judging by
Apple's previous transitions, that fear and speculation seem both
premature and foolish. History shows if anyone can make a platform
transition go relatively smoothly, it's Apple.
--
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JR
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